Here we go again. For the ninth year in a row (since 2006!), I’ve counted up how many video games I either started or finished in the past 12 months. Let’s see how I did.

As always, some notes:

I only list games I played on my own, outside of any shows like E3 where I may have tried a new game on a demo kiosk. All of the games you listed are games I either bought or was provided access to. I played most of them at home or during my commute.

I don’t play old games very often, but even if I do on rare occasion return to an old game, I only list games that I either started or finally finished in a given year.

People justifiably get hung up on what I mean when I write that I “finished” a game. I basically mean that I got to the credits or storyline conclusion of a game. That’s why I’ll count Diablo III as “finished” even though I only cleared Act V with one character on a non-Torment difficulty and only have one level-70 hero. There is a lot more that I can and will get out of playing that game. I considered dropping the “finished” part of this list this year, since I think it’s interesting enough to tally which games I started playing. Doing so would keep me from listing older games that I finally finished in 2014, and I thought that was still worth noting. Maybe I’ll change things next year.

I played no games on Facebook or Ouya in the last year, so I’ve eliminated those categories. I did play a GameBoy game on my 3DS, so I’ve added that one. I played very few games on my MacBook Air—none that I didn’t also play on my PC—so I’ve eliminated that listing, too.

I’m including standalone DLC as games this year. I’m not trying to pad the count. It just feels like something like Burial At Sea or Freedom Cry can be seen as its own thing.

I’ve included Early Access games, some of which I’ve put quite a few hours into. After all, it isn’t just the idea of a player finishing a game that is a murkier concept these days; so is the idea of when a developer is finished making a game. Some supposedly unfinished games that I played this year (Crypt of the NecroDancer!) gave me plenty to play.

I’m surprised to see how many games I played on PS4, especially because I’ve been using my Xbox One more regularly this fall. The PS4 had the early-year advantage.

On with the list!

My 2014 Games Played/Finished List

(Games I started listed below. Finished games are bolded. Games not from 2014 are noted as such)